FRAMING NATIONALISM: THE ROMANIAN TRANSYLVANIANS AND THE JEWS’ MIGRATION TO AMERICA IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Diana MĂRGĂRIT [a] [b]
Analele Universității din București. Științe Politice [Annals of the University of Bucharest. Political Science series]
Vol. XXVI (2024), Online first
https://doi.org/10.54885/AUB-SP-NEJB1059
[b] Department of Political Science, International Relations and European Studies, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University Iași, Romania
This paper examines comparatively two waves of migration to the United States emerging from Austria-Hungary and Romania at the beginning of the 20th century: the temporary migration of Romanian Transylvanians and, respectively, the permanent emigration of Romanian Jews. By using framing theory, this analysis focuses on one hand, on the status of the migrants in their homeland, the impact of the nationalist policies which eventually determined them to leave the country, but also how emigration was the response to diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational framing processes, reactive to homeland nationalism. On the other, it emphasizes the scarce interaction between both categories in America, as reflected in four writings on the Romanian immigration issued between 1913 and 1930. The framing theory provides a relevant understanding of how old values and motivations transferred in the context of the migration to America due to frame resonance.
Keywords: early 20th century migration, Romanian Transylvanians, Romanian Jews, USA, framing processes, frame resonance
Diana MĂRGĂRIT currently works as an Associate Professor at Alexandru Ioan University in the Department of Political Science, International Relations and European Studies, Iasi, Romania, where she lectures on International organizations and institutions, government and social movements, and political ideologies. Her areas of interest include social movements in the 21st century, focusing on the contentious Romanian phenomenon since 2012, civil society and global governance, art and politics, and early Romanian immigration to North America.
MĂRGĂRIT, Diana. 2024. Framing nationalism: The Romanian Transylvanians and the Jews’ migration to America in the early 20th century. Analele Universității din București. Științe Politice [Annals of the University of Bucharest. Political Science series] XXVI: Online first. https://doi.org/10.54885/AUB-SP-NEJB1059
DECLARATION OF CONFLICTING INTERESTS
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
FUNDING
The author(s) received financial support for the research of this article from the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, through Program 1 – Development of the national RD system, Subprogram 1.2 – Institutional Performance – RDI excellence funding projects, Contract no.11PFE/30.12.2021
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